WEEK 4: PRACTISE COLLEGE MAGAZINE COVER

Using the photos we took we had to chose one and create a college magazine cover as a practise for our preliminary task of creating our own college magazine, This is the photo i chose to use:

This is the finished magazine cover: 

I applied the title of 'college' across the top and then also added some coverlines, with the photo itself I upped the brightness slightly and also the contrast so the picture was clearer and warmer looking. I photoshopped in a barcode just underneath the title also.

This gave me the chance to practise once again before carrying out the preliminary task and also gave me the opportunity to practise editing a photo I had taken.

WEEK 4: TAKING OUR OWN PHOTOS

After looking at other magazine covers and doing a practise one we had to do another practise but this time using our owns photos that we had to take ourselves, here are some of our ones:

The photo below is the photo I chose as my final image for my front cover: 

We used our knowledge from evaluating magazines to position ourselves in a way we thought looked best and most professional.

WEEK 3: PRACTISE FRONT COVER

Our Task was to take an image from the internet and turn it into a front cover using the skills we already knew in photoshop alone:

This is the photo I chose before.

I added the title of the magazine and put it behind her head by using the cutout tool in photoshop to cut out the top of her head and making it a separate layer put the text behind it. I then added coverlines around the page making sure not the cover her face and sticking to one colour to make it look simple but sophisticated. However it's a little bit too simple and sparse so I would have to look at moving the cover lines around and maybe adding a few more.

Doing this simple exercise has given me more practise and understanding of how to create a front cover and gives me the chance to improve on my next one.

WEEK 3: FRONT COVER PHOTOGRAPHY

We evaluated magazine front covers and how the people were photographed:

Three person front cover:

Stood even closer together.

The first has one person at the front and the other two getting further away but so they are still in the shot.

Second has all three standing in a line but slightly turned and very close together so they all fit into the shot.

Both Mid-shot

Colour scheme on both.

Direct mode of address.

Four/Five Person front cover:

In both the people are very close together.

One person (maybe the main singer) is front and central while the others are gathered around closely behind.

Colour scheme.

On the second one the front persons head slightly covers the masthead but on the first one this is not the case.

Direct mode of address.

Two People front cover:

These people are stood close together. (shoulder to shoulder)

Their heads cover the masthead again.

They are the main focus, only one cover line.

Colours are simple and few.

Mid-shot again.

One Person front cover:

The positioning of both people on the two magazines are central.

The photos are both mid-shot.

Their heads are covering the mastheads so the magazines must be well known.

They both have direct mode of address.

The colours are very simple.

Looking at these will help me when taking my own photos for my front cover as I know how people should be positioned and what they should look like to make a professional front cover.